‘I was gutted. Coming this close makes you want it more. I walked in to every boardroom thinking that there could be more than one firing, but I was actually shocked by my firing.

‘Even after Lord Sugar fired Dillon, I was still thinking he might fire Grainne, not me.’

St Paul blamed Khelfa for refusing to let design the character and brand for their project.

Lord Sugar fired both of them (Picture: BBC)

He said: I don’t think I should’ve been fired. From the beginning I voiced my concerns about being placed on the subteam, with a background in design and as a published illustrator I had a lot more to offer on that team.

‘I think I gave it my all to try and develop a game that could win but in the end the game was restricted by weak branding and a weak character design and then there was the pitch.’

The double firing means there’s just one man left in the competition – business owner Courtney Wood.